Gene Buckle writes: > > I think the big danger is at landing or takeoff. If you lose an > > engine or have any sort of mechanical failure on a single side, you > > are going to hit hard at some really odd angle. At least with a > > helicopter you are probably going to land butt first and might have a > > chance to try an autorotation. > > > Curt, there is a central transmission in the wing that will transfer the > drive to the operating engine automatically so that won't happen. If they > both fail at once though....
You could also imagine that something downstream of this central transmission could fail, again leaving you in an unhealthy state. I agree with the people who are saying this can be made to fly safely within reasonable tolerances, but I also think there are certain phases where it's probably always going to be a little less safe than a helicopter, or perhaps you could say that certain types of failures at certain times would be less survivable in the BA-609 ... Regards, Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
